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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 319 - 1/2/1964 - PARKING REGS. SHOPPING CTRS.ORDINANCE NO. L11,2 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE AS TO REQUIRE- MENTS FOR SHOPPING CENTER PARKING. WHEREAS, the Zoning Board of Appeals acting as a Zoning Commission has considered the question of amending the text of the Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Elk Grove Village so as to better regulate shopping center parking in the B-1 and B-2 Business District, and WHEREAS, the President and Board of Trustees having duly considered the recommendations of the Zoning Board of Appeals and consider it to the best interest of the Village that the amendments to the text of the Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Elk Crone Village be passed. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook and DuPage, Illinois: Section 1. That Section 3 of Article X of the Elk Grove Village Zoning Ordinance be amended by inserting the following language in the first clause of said section between the words "structure" and "is"; "which is not part of a shopping center." Section 2. That Section 3.1 is hereby added to Article X of the Elk Grove Village Zoning Ordinance, reading as follows: "Section 3.1 - Parkin¢ Regulations for Sh000ine Centers. 111. Whenever a structure is part of a Shopping Center for any purpose permitted in this district, four square feet of parking area shall be required for each one square foot of floor area in the buildings. Floor area for purposes hereof is the sum of the gross horizontal area of the several floors of a building measured from the exterior face of the exterior walls. The parking area shall be located on the same lot or parcel of land as the shopping facilities. Said lot or parcel of land shall be designated by the owner or developer of the shopping center on a plat prepared by a registered land surveyor and submitted to the Building Department at the time the first building permit for any building in the shopping center is applied for. Said plat shall designate present and future building areas and the parking area for same. 112. A shopping Center is defined, for purposes herein, as a business development containing four indoor retail stores or uses permitted in the zoning district, developed under one ownership, with an integrated building arrangement having an aggregated floor area of more than 20,000 square feet, which development shall be considered as a single unit. The minimum area occupied by a shopping center and its accessory off-street parking facility shall be not less than five acres. 113. Surfacing. All open off-street parking areas shall be surfaced with a hard surface all-weather dustless material. "4. Screening. All open automobile parking areas containing more than four parking stalls or spaces shall be effectively screened on each side adjoining or abutting on any residential or institutional property by a solid wall, fence or densely -planted, compact hedge not less than five feet in height. No such screening shall be required where the open off-street parking area is separated from the residential or institutional property by a public street. "5. Lighting. All portions of any parking lanes or driving lanes shall be illuminated by at least one-half foot candle of light, provided, however, that no light shall be reflected on adjacent residential or institutional -1- Ord. #319 property in excess of one foot candle at the property line of said properties. All lights shall be extinquished no later than thirty minutes after the close of the business being served by same, except for night lighting, decorative lighting, or protective security lighting. 116. Parking Stalls. Parking stalls shall measure a minimum of 8 1/2 feet by 19 feet and said requirement shall be clearly delineated by weather resistant paint or similar substance and each of said stalls shall be provided for by access to parking lanes. Where parking stalls face each other care shall be separated by a divider guide. Such divider guide shall consist of concrete or steel bumpers sufficient in number to separate said parked cars or a portable steel chain divider elevated to a height of not less than three feet from the ground by movable iron posts. "7. Parking Lanes. "(a) Definition. A parking lane is an unobstructed, paved, one-way traffic lane permitting vehicles to proceed from driving lanes to park- ing stalls. All parking lanes shall connect to at least two driving lanes or one driving lane and a public highway. "(b) Minimum width of parking lanes. The minimum width of a parking lane shall be determined by the angle of the parked vehicles which it serves in accordance with the following table, except that no such lane shall be less than fifteen feet. Angle of Parked Vehicles (measured from the direction of entry) 450 Angle 500 Angle 550 Angle 600 Angle 650 Angle 700 Angle 750 Angle 800 Angle 850 Angle 900 Angle "8. Driving Lanes. Required in size of Lane. 15 ft. 16 ft. 17 ft. 18 ft. 19 ft. 20 ft. 21 ft. 22 ft. 23 ft. 24 ft. "(a) Definition. A driving lane is an unobstructed traffic lane designed for the movement of traffic in and out of the parking area and be- tween parking lanes. "(b) No parking shall be permitted upon any driving lane and the owner of the shopping center shall appropriately post same with signs at the points of ingress and egress to public highways. The discharge of passengers and the loading of merchandise into private passenger cars within a period of three minutes or less shall not be considered parking. "(c) 4 driving lane shall have no less than one access point for each street on which the shopping center fronts. "(d) All driving lanes which afford two directional traffic shall have a minimum width of twenty feet. "9. Walkways. A walkway of not less than eight feet in width shall be located in front and parallel to each store or other building; such walkway to be continuous along the front of abutting buildings and no vehicle shall be allowed to park or be otherwise left unattended along the outer edge of the walkway, except emergency vehicles. 1110. Compliance by existing shopping centers. All property owners who own land which is presently improved with a shopping center as here- -2- Ord. #319 tofore described, shall comply with all provisions of this ordinance by July 1, 1964, except that no property owner shall be required to demolish existing buildings or to purchase additional property to comply with paragraph 1 of this section". Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication according to law. PASSED this 2nd day of January, 1964. APPROVED this _ day of , 1964. President Attest: Eleanor G. Turner Village Clerk PUBLISHED this 9th day of January, 1964 in the Elk Grove Herald. This ordinance became effective by operation of law. -3- Ord. #319